Question of the Week: 15 - 11/13/2000What are YOU Thankful For?As we get together with family and friends at this time of the year (and at every time of the year), which people do you want to thank for making a meaningful difference in your life? (Why not surprise someone and thank him/her/them publicly right now and right here?) What lessons that came your way turned out to be blessings in disguise? How do you demonstrate your gratitude to the Earth and/or to your Gods/Ancestors for their continuing guidance and blessings?

I am thankful that I am alone this Thanksgiving. I am thankful for the peace and quiet the Gods have given me this weekend so that I may continue with my work. I am thankful for this religion and for how much I have learned and grown. I am thankful for the cards and phone calls from close friends and from family (a small dose is good enough for me).I am thankful that I am able to be at a great school learning a lot and preparing myself for even more study. I am thankful for my friends who provide relief from academia. I am thankful for folk music that encourages my spirit to keep going and my voice to sing loud and long.Most of all I am thankful for a combination of the mundane and the academic that lets me laugh at myself and take myself seriously, all at the same time. Many thanks to the Goddess for myriad blessings.

First and formost, I would like to say thanks Mom, as it is her that is responsible for what I am today. Through her guidance, understanding and ever unwaivering love, she had taught me how to love all things in this world, in nature, in the physical realm and of course the astral/spiritual planes. How to realize that good lyes within us all, and even though there may be a seemingly unbreakable shell around some, if you try hard enough and with enough love in your own heart, you can penetrate and give love to those that are even deemed unlovable.Second, I would like to thank the many authors that have written so many books on my beliefs, the inspiration you have given me thru your works, and helped to guide on my path towards the center, authors like Grammassi, Buckland, G. Frost, Leland, Ravenwolf and Cunningham, and many others. To all of you I give thanks and offer the most bright of blessings to you and yours

What am I thankful for? I'm thankful for the Goddess and the God. They've helped me in my journey and always there to guide me, even through hard times. I'm thankful for my pagan friends, a handful of them that were always there for me. They were there when I went Online and they'll beep my ICQ to greet me, we'll talk and get on the day with a smile. I'm thankful for my coven mates, they are always so good to me. I'm gladful for all things I'm blessed with.

I'm thankful that I don't need to say, Malaysia is a rural place and nobody is a witch and a pagan here... there are many of us here... and I thank all who'd appeared and disappeared and reappeared on so many occasions to make my day.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I Am Thankful For My Family And All My Wonderful Friends. Especially...

I am thankful for my family and all my wonderful friends. Especially my friend since childhood, Melissa and my boyfriend whom I've grown up with, Robert. I am very fortunate to have a good job with a caring boss and enough income to just make ends meet. I am thankful that the God and Goddess are the focal point in my life and they help me grow with each day. And I am glad they blessed me with such a loving brother who has been with me through thick and thin. Thanks everyone:)

I have to say I am thankful to all those in my life. Those who accept me with out question. Those who love me and supPort me. I am thankful for my parents , whom have supported me through my whole life. Who encouraged me on as I followed my heart and found the true me. I am thankful to all my witch sisters who give me love and endless fun!:) I am thankful to the God and Goddess who welcomed me back into their arms and helped me help myself. I am thankful everyday for all I have and all I can do. For the love of my life Coby I am thankful for, that he has loved me as a witch, as a friend and as a lover.and Lastly but not least.. I am thankful for all of YOU. ALL of the Pagans and Witches and Wiccans, etc. out there. Those who have welcomed me and showed me that I am home. That there is a place where my views are shared. Those of you out there who know where life is and started. Those who know what really is imporTant in life. I am thankful for you all, who proved to me that people can really love and care for each other when they first meet and that maybe someday the rest of the world will catch up to us!:)Much love and blessings to all! And I hope to see you all at Starwood 2001!!!!Jenn~)O(

Thanks-living All The Words Of Praise You've Spoken When There Was No...

Thanks-LivingAll the words of praise you've spokenWhen there was no need to speak,All the rush of anger brokenWhen you turned the other cheek,All the gifts you freely profferedTo the lonely who yearn...

In as much as you are givingof yourself in Goddess's own wayAll your life is a thanks-living.Everyday Thanksgiving Day.

I Have Too Much To Be Thankful For To Name It All...

Nov 24th. at 10:05:14 am UTC

Green Sprite (Fort Lauderdale, Florida US)

Age: 18

I have too much to be thankful for to name it all. I'm thankful for my health and happiness, my home, the love of my family, my cat (who is unaware she's not living in Ancient Egypt being worshipped as a Goddess), the craft of magick which sparked me on my mystical spiritual quest, Gaia, mother earth, our home, Luna the heavenly sister, giver of magick and often unappreciated yet absolutely crucial sustainer of Gaia's living functions, Llew, the sun, the great father of earthly life, the stars and planets, and most importantly to me, my Jen.

i am thankful for my childrens health also iam thankful for my new level of understanding i have achieved this year as it seems that year by year and season by season i can feeel my assention proggress further and furhther i am thankful for the part of myself which is finally able and strong enough to live with the other parts no longer do i fight with myself there is no need as all parts are finally nearing balance.

i am thankful for the bounty of the earth, esspecialy my friends which truely are as rare as they are precious and beautiful, i am thankful for my opposition as that which opposes me allows me a closer look at what beliefs i choose to take to heart at the time i am thankful for the meaner side of myself for it gets things done and i am thankful fot thr soft side as it repairs the damage done by the first

Merry Meet, This Time Last Year I Had Just Given Birth To...

Nov 24th. at 11:14:39 am UTC

Fannie Wrenn (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi US)

Age: 38

Merry Meet, This time last year I had just given birth to my second set of twins when I suffered congestive heart failure. My family and friends rallied around me. They took care of all my children and they prayed, Christian, Pagan, Hare Krishna. My Pagan family organized a group healing meditation. We had family members as far away as Japan and Bermuda in on the healing. The next day my heart function was almost miraculously improved. I am now one hundred percent and my close brush with death has taught me true appreciation of my family. They are the greatest. My husband and I also learned the very important lesson of asking for help when we need it , something we were always too proud to do.I thank the Goddess for giving me these most precious Blessings. BLESSED BE!

I Am Thankful For This Green Earth And The Wild And Gentle...

Nov 24th. at 11:48:14 am UTC

Peg Aloi (Medford, Massachusetts US)

Age: 37

I am thankful for this green earth and the wild and gentle beauty of nature, which inspires me each and every moment I am priviliged to walk upon it.

I am thankful to all my friends and chosen family who have walked beside me on the pagan path, for the love and lessons they have imparted to me. I am thankful to my birth family who raised me to have respect for the living earth and its creatures, and who taught me to love the outdoors.

I am thankful I have been born into a land of wealth and plenty and privilege, and that there are those who work to see that those born into less fortunate circumstances receive the help they need.

I am thankful for the kindness and generosity of others. I am thankful for the selfless acts of people who inspire me to be better than I am.

I am thankful to the many pagans and witches and Children of Earth who are trying their best to heal our planet and fight for justice for the peoples and creatures of the world.

I am thankful to my dear friends, Wren and Fritz, and the incredible work they do each day.

I am thankful to my pagan friends and family who give of themselves and make the world a more beautiful place to be: all of my friends of Babylon (Thoth, Deb, Sean, Toby, Lakshmi, Arachne, Robert, Jim, Adam, Berta, Elizabeth, all of you!), Don and Daniella, the wonderful folks at Brushwood, the Order of Ganymede and Coven Cthonioi, my UK brothers and sisters, my musical friends at the MudCat, my friends working to free the West Memphis Three, and those I wish I could talk with more often than I do.

I am thankful for:being alive to greet each day.being able to look out the window and see the trees.Epona leading me to find Charlie our donkey.the chance to gather with my family, including my son who has recovered from cancer and my brother who has severe Downs syndrome.all of my two and four footed friends.being in a country where our voices can be heard.the earth beneath my feet.the sky above my head.the list is endless.Blessed Be.

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